#cinnamondinus

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Kanelin kielenkehitys on nyt just sellasessa vaiheessa, että se puhuu stereotypistä "huonoa suomea" ja se on kovin huvittavaa. Eilen se sano esim

minä laittaa nyt tämä hattu päähän

english summary: cinnamon speaks stereotypical "broken finnish" and i find it funny

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potty update

it took 1,5 hours to get the first pee in the potty. 2 previous ones went to floor. i am exhausted. but mostly bc of the heat and like 30% bc of cinnamon. she is very stubborn

yet something fun: for some reason the word for "counting" and "pulling down" is the same in finnish, so now thanks to that confusion cinnamon has to count to three every time she goes to pull down her panties

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cinnamon starts potty training tomorrow and i'm surprisingly emotional about it. diapers are such a clear indicator of someone being a still a small human.

we'll be following the method where you just dress them in panties and then set a timer for every 20 minutes to go potty and then if everything goes well, you'll keep extending the time. we did that with almond and it only took like 2 days for her to be ready to get out of the house without diapers. (read more for example by busytoddler on ig)

ofc cinnamon has been talked about it and she has used potty before etc but she is not dry or signal her need to go. she's been exited to learn actually.

good thing we're having warm weather so cinnamon can wear just panties at home. less layers to pull down/up.

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my weirdest tip for toddler (girl) parenting is that when they are getting on your nerves, do their hair on piggy tails. They immediately become such a cute cartoon character that you simply cannot take them seriously or get mad at them <3

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potty training day 2

will you all hate me if i say we haven't had any pee on the floor today? and now i'm probably jinxing it

there have been 4 smaller accidents and once some got on the chair she was sitting on, but none on the floor!!

she's still being timed for every 30- 45 mins or less if there hasn't been pee for a while. we even made it to the beach, about 10 min drive, and had potty with us there.

it's been a little less stressful day but i am waiting for her to take initiative in going

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night weaning, 1st night, 2nd hour and it's already become very clear that this is a baby that has been breastfed "on demand" so to say.

i knew this day was coming at some point and it has to be now cause i'm starting a part-time job next week. will i get any sleep tonight? stay tuned...

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Once again about breastfeeding

Cinnamon is now almost 11 months old and is still nursing at least 4-5 times a day, sometimes more. Oh and at some point the night feeding(s) came back.

Almond was weaned at 10 months so bfing a baby this "big" is new to me. And i'm actually surprised how natural it still feels. IIRC i started feeling uncomfortable about Almond touching my breasts pretty soon after she was weaned so i was kind of waiting for that to happen. But Cinnamon has such a different relationship with nursing.

I haven't really thought about when i'll be weaning Cinnamon but i wish it would happen naturally once we are both ready. As long as this doesn't stress me out, i don't wanna rush it. I am already getting emotional about Cinnamon being the last baby i'll ever nurse.

This morning Cinnamon and I went to wake up Almond and Almond told me: "mum, i love Cinnamon" ♥️♥️

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the adventure that was Cinnamon's 5 month check-up

First of all I had Almond with me so she was stirring things up and secondly our usual nurse was on summer leave so we had another one and... let's say she was not my type.

Last week i noticed a lump in the back of Cinnamon's neck and asked the nurse to check that and seems it might be either a swollen lymph node or some kind of hematoma under the skin. Both apparently pretty common and possibly will disappear with time. Either way she recommended we see an actual doctor just to be sure but this did take the biggest stress off. I will be booking a pediatrician for the next week as it's not that urgent.

Then she asked about Cinnamon's sleeping and i just happened to mention how she often rolls over in her sleep and then wakes up bc of that. I wasn't complaining or looking for solutions, just in a "she's in that phase" way, but i think the nurse somewhat overreacted. She started giving me advise how i should let her sleep on her belly and that "babies that age will sleep anyhow once they're tired enough" and well... i'm pretty sure there are mothers who would be ready to fight anyone claiming that. and ofc i wouldn't be having this problem if she just continued sleeping on the belly but she doesn't bc she can't. she can only fall asleep on her back. and i'm sure this will pass once she's mastered her new skills bc that's what happened with Almond every time she was lerning new gross motor skills. Her advice might even be against official safe sleep recommendations. (anyway, tonight i tried if Cinnamon would fall asleep on her belly but she just kept playing and doing push ups until she got too frustrated and i had to "put her out" with milk.)

Almond behaved very much like a 4yo, not really disturbing anything but looking and touching everyting within her reach. And then i mentioned that next Cinnamon would get some vaccines and Almond got pretty serious and asked if she could wait in the hallway. And in the hallway she explained that she dislikes vaccines (needles) so much she doesn't even wanna see them. (Also i think she knew Cinnamon would cry and she didn't wanna hear that.) But I was really proud of Almond for setting that kind of boundary for something she knew would upset her and being able to put it in words so nicely. And when we were done i went to get her back and she wanted to see where the baby had the shot.*

*disclaimer: the clinic was very quiet, like one another family and a couple of nurses. and we left the door open so she was completely safe waiting in the hallway

The nurse asked for our midsummer plans and i told we'd be going to in-laws and she asked if we get along well. I found it a bit too off topic and there were some other things she also asked that felt weird. Towards the end she somehow got into talking about her own menopause and at that point i was so ready to leave...